Battle III, H. Dill

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dill-battle-webH. Dill Battle III
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Charleston, West Virginia
304.340.3823
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Mr. Battle's primary areas of practice are workers' compensation, employment relations and counseling, product liability litigation, and commercial litigation.

Representative Experience

  • Defense of employers in workers' compensation claims related to workplace injuries, occupational disease, occupational pneumoconiosis and hearing loss
  • Advise employers on leave policies and other employment-related matters
  • Defense of employer deliberate intent, toxic tort and product liability matters in state and federal courts
  • Defense of employment discrimination claims in federal and state courts, including age, gender, race and disability discrimination, and harassment cases
  • Defense and trial of administrative claims before the West Virginia Human Rights Commission
  • Negotiate successful mediation of wrongful employment discharge, employment contract disputes and premises liability cases
  • Trial experience in corporate premises liability defense, medical malpractice defense matters and employment discrimination matters
  • Represent financial institutions and loan servicing companies in federal and state courts regarding federal and state banking laws, consumer credit and protection, TILA, and Regulation Z

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar, Member, Workers' Compensation Committee
  • Virginia State Bar
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • Virginia Supreme Court
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Affiliations

  • Kanawha County Bar Association
  • West Virginia Bar Association
  • American Bar Association, Member, Litigation Section
  • The National Workers' Compensation Defense Network, a nationwide network of law firms practicing in workers' compensation

Education

  • University of Virginia, B.A., 1989
  • West Virginia University, J.D., 1993

Awards and Distinctions

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Workers' Compensation Law

Other

  • Kanawha Hospice Care, Past President, Board of Directors
  • Reed v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., 109 F. Supp. 2d 459 (S.D. W. Va. 2000)
  • Ownby v. Cohen, 19 F. Supp. 2d 558 (W.D. Va. 1998)
  • Johnson v. K-Mart Corp., 1997 Westlaw 741368 (4th Cir. 1997)